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New peccary species discovered by embattled Amazon scientist

Mongabay.com 4 Nov 2007

Amphibian extinction may be worse than thought

Mongabay.com 31 Oct 2007

Iguanas listen to birds to avoid predators

Jeremy Hance 29 Oct 2007

2007 Amazon fires among worst ever

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Oct 2007

Amazon plant diversity still a mystery

Jeremy Hance 21 Oct 2007

Brazil to search for oil in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 21 Oct 2007

Uncontacted Amazon tribe spotted by plane in Peru

Mongabay.com 21 Oct 2007

Costa Rica gets $26M debt-for-nature swap

Mongabay.com 18 Oct 2007
Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest canopy. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Is Amazon conservation worth more than clearing for cattle or soy?

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Oct 2007

Amazon rainforest burning “worst” in memory

October 16 16 Oct 2007

South American development plan could destroy the Amazon

Mongabay.com 4 Oct 2007

Rainforest tribe establishes massive sustainable-use reserve

Mongabay.com 4 Oct 2007

Do Costa Rica’s payments for environmental services work?

Mongabay.com 17 Sep 2007

China urged to join sustainable soy efforts in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 12 Sep 2007

Land-clearing fires send smoke across Argentina, Paraguay

Mongabay.com 11 Sep 2007

Two new species of salamander discovered in Panama

Mongabay.com 9 Sep 2007

Felix Death Toll Washes Up on Coastline

Special To Mongabay.com 7 Sep 2007

Brazil’s threatened Atlantic forest may be more resilient than thought

Mongabay.com 6 Sep 2007

Tree resprouting offers hope in former pastures of Brazil’s cerrado

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Sep 2007

Can remittances and globalization help the environment?

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Sep 2007

Peru’s deforestation rate surged in 2005

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Aug 2007

Scientists demand Brazil cease Amazon colonization project

Mongabay.com 27 Aug 2007

Groups demand AES withdraw from Panama dam projects

Mongabay.com 23 Aug 2007

Land reform agency sanctions logging in Amazon rainforest park

Mongabay.com 21 Aug 2007

Biofuels driving destruction of Brazilian cerrado

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Aug 2007

Crop domestication originated in compost piles

Mongabay.com 19 Aug 2007

Clearing rainforest for cattle pasture drives surge in vampires

Mongabay.com 15 Aug 2007

New flycatcher bird species discovered in Peru

Mongabay.com 13 Aug 2007

Amazon deforestation in Brazil falls 29% for 2007

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Aug 2007

Amazon deforestation rate falls to lowest on record

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Aug 2007

New Park in Argentina Protects 500,000 Penguins

Mongabay.com 9 Aug 2007

Experts: parks effectively protect rainforest in Peru

Mongabay.com 9 Aug 2007

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